The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-25
VOL. XLVII--.NO. 81
Thu QUEEN OF ROU iAEIi,
WHO HAS RECENTLY SEPARATED
FROM her HUSBAND
Because He Is a Brute and Is Wholly
Unworthy OF Her-Her Lit.
erary LabOrs.

NEW YORK, April 22.-The Mail and
Express noticing he fat that among
the presents which Emperor William
received on his birthday, one of the
most remarkable ones was poem
of the Queen of Roumania, SAYS that
in hundIed short verses Carmen
Sylvia had described the chief incl
dents of the old soldiers lifetime.
She had moreover copied it out her
self in her own hand on white parch-
ment beautifully ornamented with
cornflowers. The career Of this LADY,
who is as perfect scholar as she Is
true q q leen and tender a woman, is
deeply interesting az sketched by an
authority. BY birth, Elizabeth, of
Roumsnis, is a Princess of the house
WED, aud her father, q man of high
ability and careful culture, gave
her an education at once deeper
and freer than that which is
usually the portion OF the children Of
royalty. The death OF Il young brother
Oiouded her childhood, and to dissi-
pate the gloom she went TO her aunt,
tue Grand Duchess Helena, of Russia.
From the quiet studies Of the Castle OF
Neuwitd she vas thus suddenly
transported 10 one OF the tirst "salons"
Of the brilliant Court of Russia The
summons home came with her father's
illness, and the wild X sebud of
Wied, " restored 10 her native heath,
watched in his sick room and long
mournfd his death.
When there w8s no kingdom OF
Roumaaia in existence, she had
laughingiy said, 81 do not want to mar
ry unless ! can be Queen OF Rrums.
nia," and, No so often happens, the
careless thoughts of youth found IL cir
accomplishment. Running down the
palace stairs at Berlin one day, her
foot slipped, and she would probably
have been killed but for Prince Charles,
OF HoheuzOllern, who saw her danger
aud caught her in his outetrttched
arms. When Rluman'a chose
him for ruler he claimed the
Princess Se his bride. During
the Rus'o-Turkish war she wore the
uniform OF the Red Gross, and as q
nurSo he'll Ell TO soften end sssuage
the sutierings which war inevitably
brings In It's train. At the close ofthe
Plovna had given a royal
throne 10 the Prince ard Princess, and
their crowns vera made out OF cannon
captured from the enemy. The love
and admiration Of her subjects she has
always had, aud tho sympathy also
when the loss Of al only daughter
brought desc alton TO her new home,
She has tought consolation in duty.
in earnest endeavor for the good of
and in those studies which
inheritance and education alike have
made dear to her.
A small book, printed for private
circulation only, and bearing or the
title page tina name oi Carmen Sylvia,
the nom Do plume OF Queen Elizabeth
OF Roumania, contains the following
aphoIiems:
white hairs are like the sea foam
which caps the waves after storm.
"The vulnerable point OF ones
character IL much more speedily dis.
covered by our interiors than our
equals.
IAN animal when II is click Graves
for solitude, whereas the human being,
on the contrary, Is only happy when
he can make bis suflerings public.
"ThoBe who assert that a sorrow
sung in verse is no longer sorroS,
are either without the gift Of poetry,
or el6e they do not know what tits 10
suffer. 1t would be just ss well to as
sert that bodily torture would cause
no pain as long as one were able TO
cry out.
"Giei Ia our most faithful and con-
slant friend. He always returns to us,
he sometimes changes his
garments and sometimes even his
features. We, however, are always
able to recegnza him by his closs aud
warm embrace.
"The true 'grsnde damo' djsplays
the came manners in her toilet loom
ss 10 her salons, and The same cour-
tesy toward her servants az toward
her guests.
"The world does not forgive us
either our talents nor our successes,
nor our marriage, nor our friendships,
nor our future. The only thing which
Is looked upon with indulgence is
death.
Every oing)e seton OF our life car.
ries in its train either q reward or
punishment, however little dispoeed
We are to admit that such is the Gaze.
"When for short time one 10 de-
pTived OF pleasure, one no longer
Ieels the longing thereafter; and even
L she does at length knock at our door,
We open it with fear and trembling,
lresding that it may be sorrow in dis
Suiee.
1--WE are martyrs to our own faults,
"There is kind of close relation
ship between all those who are sufl r
ny from some sorrow or other Ii
We are in mourning we feel somehow
Or other drawn to every black dress
We meet
"a great miofo ,tuns sufiiCes 10
lothe even the humbleat OF Gods
,reStures with grandeur.
"As long as we our young suffering
md sorrow 10 like q hurricane which
'obs us OF our health. As we grow
I'D, however, il partakes more sad
more of the nature of zephyr, which
merely adds one more turrow TO our
Wrinkled face aud onem white curl
q onr hniYD